{"id":884,"date":"2021-12-01T14:54:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/?page_id=884"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:15:42","slug":"p1-deferral-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/?page_id=884","title":{"rendered":"P1 DEFERRAL INFORMATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"page-title\"><strong style=\"font-size: 22px\">Deferral Process &#8211; Accessing an additional year of funded ELC<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"asset-contents\">\n<div id=\"content-area\" class=\"js-article-page article-content-wrapper featured-\" data-ret_date=\"01011970-0\" data-id=\"4247\" data-login-redirect=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/early-learning,-childcare-and-nurseries\/preschool-and-school-nursery\/deferrals\/_login\" data-fbs=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/_media\/ws\/mrl\/fbs\" data-fbc=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/_media\/ws\/mrl\/fbc\" data-fbd=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/_media\/ws\/mrl\/fbd\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 article-body\">\n<div class=\"article-container-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-container-public-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"region1\">\n<p>In Scotland, children usually start primary school in the year preceding or during which they have their 5th birthday.\u00a0\u00a0This means that in Primary 1 classes, children are usually aged between 4\u00bd and 5\u00bd years.\u00a0\u00a0Where a child does not start school at the anticipated August start date for their year group, it is called deferred entry to primary school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"asset-contents\">\n<div id=\"content-area\" class=\"js-article-page article-content-wrapper featured-\" data-ret_date=\"01011970-0\" data-id=\"4247\" data-login-redirect=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/early-learning,-childcare-and-nurseries\/preschool-and-school-nursery\/deferrals\/_login\" data-fbs=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/_media\/ws\/mrl\/fbs\" data-fbc=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/_media\/ws\/mrl\/fbc\" data-fbd=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/_media\/ws\/mrl\/fbd\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 article-body\">\n<div class=\"article-container-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-container-public-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"region1\">\n<p>Fife Council&#8217;s website has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/early-learning,-childcare-and-nurseries\/preschool-and-school-nursery\/deferrals#:~:text=From%20August%202022%2C%20Fife%20Council,of%20the%20same%20chronological%20age.\">more information about P1 deferral<\/a><\/span> and answers to some FAQs to help you with your decision.\u00a0\u00a0Additional useful information on what to consider is also available at:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentclub.scot\/articles\/can-my-child-defer-starting-school\">Can my child defer starting school? | Parent Club<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deferral Process &#8211; Accessing an additional year of funded ELC In Scotland, children usually start primary school in the year preceding or during which they have their 5th birthday.\u00a0\u00a0This means that in Primary 1 classes, children are usually aged between 4\u00bd and 5\u00bd years.\u00a0\u00a0Where a child does not start school at the anticipated August start &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/?page_id=884\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">P1 DEFERRAL INFORMATION<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21426,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-884","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1122,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884\/revisions\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/freuchieps\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}